Petroleum Development Engineer - Drilling Operations
ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE
- Abu Dhabi
- Permanent
- Full-time
Role: Petroleum Development Engineer
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering
Experience: Minimum 8 years
Job Type: Full-timePosition Overview
Petroleum Development Engineer role in Abu Dhabi, UAE within the Oil and Energy sector offers a strategic hiring opportunity to lead well development planning, drilling coordination, and production optimization activities. This role focuses on enhancing reservoir performance, improving well productivity, and ensuring efficient execution of drilling and completion operations.Job Details
Country: UAE
City: Abu Dhabi
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering
Salary: 28000-42000
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-timeRole Context
The Petroleum Development Engineer is responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary efforts to optimize well performance and support field development strategies. This role directly contributes to maximizing hydrocarbon recovery, improving production efficiency, and ensuring alignment with reservoir and operational objectives.Key Responsibilities
- Develop well completion concepts aligned with production and injection strategies
- Plan and support pilot hole data acquisition and evaluation activities
- Design artificial lift systems and evaluate well testing strategies
- Monitor well performance daily and identify optimization opportunities
- Conduct nodal analysis to improve production system efficiency
- Support reservoir teams in pressure transient analysis and production studies
- Monitor drilling operations and provide technical support to ensure smooth execution
- Maintain comprehensive well databases including operational data and performance metrics
- Recommend and plan special testing programs and field implementation strategies
- Evaluate options for upgrading facilities and improving production capacity
- Investigate production-related issues and recommend technical solutions
- Assess new technologies and conduct feasibility studies for implementation
- Prepare monthly production and injection forecasts based on operational data
- Prioritize well operations based on reservoir constraints and production targets
- Monitor gas and water injection to ensure compliance with specifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 8 years of experience in petroleum development, drilling, or production engineering
- Strong knowledge of well completion, artificial lift systems, and production optimization
- Experience in nodal analysis, well testing, and reservoir performance evaluation
- Familiarity with drilling operations and field development planning
- Ability to analyze technical data and implement performance improvements
- Strong coordination and communication skills across multidisciplinary teams
- Petroleum engineering and well development planning
- Production optimization and artificial lift design
- Nodal analysis and reservoir support techniques
- Drilling operations monitoring and coordination
- Data management and performance analysis
- Technical problem solving and feasibility studies
- Engineering software and production tools
- Opportunity to work with ADNOC Group in Abu Dhabi upstream operations
- Exposure to advanced petroleum engineering and field development projects
- Career growth within a high-value technical discipline
- Competitive compensation and long-term stability
- Work in a performance-driven and innovation-focused environment
ADNOC Group is a globally recognized energy leader headquartered in Abu Dhabi, driving sustainable oil and gas development through innovation and operational excellence. With a strong focus on maximizing resource value and advancing technology, ADNOC offers engineers the opportunity to contribute to large-scale upstream projects and long-term energy strategies.Job Title Petroleum Development Engineer - Drilling Operations
Job Description Petroleum Development Engineer - Drilling OperationsJob Snapshot
Role: Petroleum Development Engineer
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering
Experience: Minimum 8 years
Job Type: Full-timePosition Overview
Petroleum Development Engineer role in Abu Dhabi, UAE within the Oil and Energy sector offers a strategic hiring opportunity to lead well development planning, drilling coordination, and production optimization activities. This role focuses on enhancing reservoir performance, improving well productivity, and ensuring efficient execution of drilling and completion operations.Job Details
Country: UAE
City: Abu Dhabi
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering
Salary: 28000-42000
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-timeRole Context
The Petroleum Development Engineer is responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary efforts to optimize well performance and support field development strategies. This role directly contributes to maximizing hydrocarbon recovery, improving production efficiency, and ensuring alignment with reservoir and operational objectives.Key Responsibilities
- Develop well completion concepts aligned with production and injection strategies
- Plan and support pilot hole data acquisition and evaluation activities
- Design artificial lift systems and evaluate well testing strategies
- Monitor well performance daily and identify optimization opportunities
- Conduct nodal analysis to improve production system efficiency
- Support reservoir teams in pressure transient analysis and production studies
- Monitor drilling operations and provide technical support to ensure smooth execution
- Maintain comprehensive well databases including operational data and performance metrics
- Recommend and plan special testing programs and field implementation strategies
- Evaluate options for upgrading facilities and improving production capacity
- Investigate production-related issues and recommend technical solutions
- Assess new technologies and conduct feasibility studies for implementation
- Prepare monthly production and injection forecasts based on operational data
- Prioritize well operations based on reservoir constraints and production targets
- Monitor gas and water injection to ensure compliance with specifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 8 years of experience in petroleum development, drilling, or production engineering
- Strong knowledge of well completion, artificial lift systems, and production optimization
- Experience in nodal analysis, well testing, and reservoir performance evaluation
- Familiarity with drilling operations and field development planning
- Ability to analyze technical data and implement performance improvements
- Strong coordination and communication skills across multidisciplinary teams
- Petroleum engineering and well development planning
- Production optimization and artificial lift design
- Nodal analysis and reservoir support techniques
- Drilling operations monitoring and coordination
- Data management and performance analysis
- Technical problem solving and feasibility studies
- Engineering software and production tools
- Opportunity to work with ADNOC Group in Abu Dhabi upstream operations
- Exposure to advanced petroleum engineering and field development projects
- Career growth within a high-value technical discipline
- Competitive compensation and long-term stability
- Work in a performance-driven and innovation-focused environment
ADNOC Group is a globally recognized energy leader headquartered in Abu Dhabi, driving sustainable oil and gas development through innovation and operational excellence. With a strong focus on maximizing resource value and advancing technology, ADNOC offers engineers the opportunity to contribute to large-scale upstream projects and long-term energy strategies.
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Salary from 28000.00
Salary to 42000.00
Number of Vacancies 1
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